Working with you was a great pleasure: Obama tells Singh

Obama said Singh that  that he will miss working with the senior Congress leader on a day-to-day basis.

"Your tenure has been good for india and India-US relations,"  the Prime Minster's Office (PMO) tweeted quoting Obama.

"It has been a great pleasure to serve with you.
There are very few people in public life that I've admired or appreciated more," said Obama.

"I will miss working with you on a day to day basis. I hope you get some rest and I hope to see you soon," he said.

Singh thanked Obama for Indo-US relations.

"Your leadership has been an important factor in evolving a more cooperative framework in addressing global challenges," PMO quoted Singh as telling to Obama.

"We have made significant progress over the last five years across the full spectrum of our relationship," he told the President.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday submitted his resignation after meeting President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi.

Singh arrived at the Rashtrapati Bhavan around 1 pm.

Earlier in the day, Singh addressed the nation, a day after his government suffered a humiliating defeat in the national elections, saying that he would submit to the judgement served by the electorate.

“There is a judgment in court of public opinion that all elected government officials are required to submit to, each one of us should respect the judgment you have delivered,” Singh said a day after votes of the Lok Sabha election were counted.

Results on Friday showed Singh’s Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was routed to just 59 seats while Prime Minister-electNarendra Modi took the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to a whopping 337-seat victory.

Singh became the PM of the nation in 2004.

After vacating his official residence at 7, Race Course Road, Singh will soon move into a bungalow at 3, Motilal Nehru Road.